Creating Room to Read

Creating Room to Read

Author: John Wood

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2013-02-07

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 1101606126

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The inspirational story of a former Microsoft executive’s quest to build libraries around the world and share the love of books What’s happened since John Wood left Microsoft to change the world? Just ask six million kids in the poorest regions of Asia and Africa. In 1999, at the age of thirty-five, Wood quit a lucrative career to found the nonprofit Room to Read. Described by the San Francisco Chronicle as “the Andrew Carnegie of the developing world,” he strived to bring the lessons of the corporate world to the nonprofit sector—and succeeded spectacularly. In his acclaimed first book, Leaving Microsoft to Change the World, Wood explained his vision and the story of his start-up. Now, he tackles the organization’s next steps and its latest challenges—from managing expansion to raising money in a collapsing economy to publishing books for children who literally have no books in their native language. At its heart, Creating Room to Read shares moving stories of the people Room to Read works to help: impoverished children whose schools and villages have been swept away by war or natural disaster and girls whose educations would otherwise be ignored. People at the highest levels of finance, government, and philanthropy will embrace the opportunity to learn Wood’s inspiring business model and blueprint for doing good. And general readers will love Creating Room to Read for its spellbinding story of one man’s mission to put books within every child’s reach.


Purpose, Incorporated

Purpose, Incorporated

Author: John Wood

Publisher: Amalia McGibbon

Published: 2017-12-21

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13: 9780692999639

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Too many working professionals still subscribe to the old Milton-Friedman logic that "businesses' sole purpose is to generate profit for shareholders." In this revolutionary book, authors John Wood and Amalia McGibbon show once and for all that cause is not the enemy of commercialism, but perhaps the new key to it. Based on over 100 interviews with entrepreneurs, executives and front-line staff, Wood and McGibbon provide a breath-taking tour of this new and inspiring world. You'll learn from mom-and-pop shops and corporate giants like Google and Goldman Sachs why corporate social responsibility is more than just a buzzword or publicity stunt, but instead represents the new competitive advantage. You'll learn how to: - win the war for talent - create a compelling bond with customers - motivate employees - reduce attrition - appease the regulators - and create a positive buzz on social media Purpose Incorporated is a "permission slip" to those businesspeople who want to have a positive impact on the world, but worry the corner office or cubicle isn't the place for it.


How to Read a Client from Across the Room: Win More Business with the Proven Character Code System to Decode Verbal and Nonverbal Communication

How to Read a Client from Across the Room: Win More Business with the Proven Character Code System to Decode Verbal and Nonverbal Communication

Author: Brandy Mychals

Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional

Published: 2012-11-16

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 0071803548

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2013 Bronze Axiom Business Award Winner Predict if Your Clients Will Say YES in Just 7 Seconds How to Read a Client from Across the Room gives you the clues and tools to get someone to say "yes" to you--in an instant--by tailoring your communication methods on the fly to suit that person’s character type. "A quick and powerful method for understanding the very essence of your prospective client. Watch your referrals and bank account grow." -- Bob Burg, coauthor of The Go-Giver and author of Endless Referrals "Brandy Mychals has created a system that allows you to connect with potential clients, serve their core needs, and create lucrative win-win solutions. Without question, this sales book is a must-read!" -- Sandra Yancey, CEO and founder, eWomenNetwork, and bestselling author of Succeeding in Spite of Everything "This book will help you understand people in ways you never thought possible. Practice Mychals's techniques and you'll rise to the top of your field in no time." -- Dr. Daniel J. Reidenberg, PsyD, FAPA, BCPC, CRS, CMT, Executive Director, SAVE, and Chair, Advisory Board, American Psychotherapy Association "This book unlocks the secrets of connecting to and persuading more people, more quickly. In today's fast-paced world, a book like this is pure gold." -- Robert G. Allen, author of the New York Times bestseller, The One Minute Millionaire


Creating Classrooms for Authors

Creating Classrooms for Authors

Author: Jerome Charles Harste

Publisher: Heinemann Educational Publishers

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 422

ISBN-13:

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Curricular framework and ideas for classroom reading and writing experiences.


Game Programming Tricks of the Trade

Game Programming Tricks of the Trade

Author: Lorenzo D. Phillips

Publisher: Muska & Lipman Publishing

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 1046

ISBN-13: 9781931841696

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Every topic covered in this book can be directly applied to games that cross genres. The CD includes trial versions of Paintshop Pro 7, a compiler, a 3D modeling tool and more.


Bulletin of the Dept. of Elementary School Principals

Bulletin of the Dept. of Elementary School Principals

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 1922

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13:

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Beginning with v. 2 includes the Yearbook of the Dept. of Elementary School Principals of the National Education Association of the United States and beginning with v. 34 includes the department's Membership directory and annual report.